Helldivers 2 - Escalation of Freedom Update is Here, But There's Bad News

Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom is finally here. In today's video we go over the latest patch notes and give our thoughts on the latest update. Let us know what you guys think of the update down in the comment section!

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0:00 Intro
0:27 Sponsor Segment
1:01 Patch Notes Major Updates
2:53 Weapon/Stratagem Balancing
4:04 New Gameplay Changes
5:22 Various Fixes
7:12 Known Issues
7:20 Our First Impressions
8:37 Fire Damage Nerfed
11:22 New Units
14:34 New Stuff Good, Balancing Bad
16:57 Outro

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══════════ Official Game Summary ═════════
Helldivers 2 is a third-person shooter developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game is the sequel to 2015's Helldivers, which was a top-down shooter. It released for PlayStation 5 and Windows on 8 February 2024.

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[Crankyfiber]

They need to adopt a buff/rework mentality to address weapons that are over shadowed by over preforming weapons so we have competing choices

[thathalflatino]

I’m sick of the nerfs. Treating this game like a pvp when it’s a pve. Honestly getting fed up with arrowhead. No matter how many updates they bring to bring back players, they’ll keep losing players because of unnecessary nerfs to the game. I’m just gonna wait til warhammer atp.

[_Dab_Knee]

I was so looking forward to that warbond up until 17 mins ago 😂

[shellboi]

The flame thrower nerf is the only one here I have an issue with, the breaker is basically the same you just have to be more wise with shots, after playing a bit it's not a big deal, I think the grenade pistol is better now since it fills up faster. The flame thrower though it was more realistic the way it was before, theres no reason flaming fuel should bounce off armor and only be able to hit one target at a time, the whole point is to bbq everything in front of you, imagine if real flame throwers didn't work because someone had body armor on.

[nuggsy]

You know what would help? Some kind of server where things could be tested by the community before they're released... we could call it a ... test server? Hmm. May be a better idea over nurfing again despite past promises and vows of "changing their ideals."

[MrMacavity]

They really need to stop this mentality of nerfing things. See what is not performing well and then buff those things instead of making everything suck equally bad.

[mechapineman]

Heres an idea Arrowhead to get people playing the lesser used guns BUFF THE SHIT ONES and not nerf the ones to actually work. I know, it's a CRAZY idea. But it might actually get people playing the game when they actually have fun in it. I know you have apparently never thought of this so I offer my suggestion.

[jaysins]

Helldiver: "Finally a fun weapon"
Arrowhead: "Not on our watch. Nerf it now!"

[ylr]

The grief protection seems really nice... but what about the hundreds of samples I've lost due to the game chrashing right at the end of a mission?

Well, I guess nerfing the few fun weapons left in the game takes priority over stability improvements and bug fixes🤡

[HeavyMilkSyrup]

“Let’s make the guns suck more that will be fun”

[QUINBY]

Releases new themed update (fire) with new higher difficulty. Proceeds to nerf us before any meaningful amount of time played in said new update. I LOVE IT HERE🙃

[DaGobster]

If they ever do polls on what weapons I enjoy using, I'm not casting a vote, knowing damn well they're gonna make something on that list obsolete by nerfing the shit out of it. I was actually looking forward to trying a full pyro build...so much for that :(

[derrickbiedermann]

I haven't played the new update yet, but I find nerfing fire damage baffling at the moment. It's an update largely around fire damage and adding a new difficulty, but then they make that fire damage worse...

[sidekickjim]

Didn't they come out and say they were done going down the nerf-heavy path? The breaker incendiary was like the last primary that was just straight up fun to use.

[hellsingvain]

good update, now I‘m ready to join space marine next month.farewell arrow head

[RichSmithson]

Watch as AH apologise for the nerfs and say “we hear you” and we have to wait another 3 months to have this awful fire nerf to be removed.
I’m honestly amazed at how idiotic AH can be.

[jordanstewart]

I’m done playing the game, been trying to push through and have fun but with all the nerfing they constantly do, I lost my ability to have fun, quite unfortunate

[NSD]

Dude I'm so fucking sick of Arrowhead nerfing all of the good weapons instead of upgrading the bad ones, the flamethrower was literally my favorite weapon in the game, and now it's absolutely dogshit, I'm not even going to bother playing Helldivers 2 again until they fix it.

[dadom]

I resonate heavily with 8:40 I hopped on the game after dipping from before the guerilla warbond for multiple reasons; excessive body blocking, weak weapons, and mandatory weapons (ie anti tank requirements for higher difficulties) and still they want to make the game a challenge which is understandable but when you're fighting the game itself it's not a fun challenge it's a chore

[Bandxit]

Deleted this game and never looking back.